4 Best Ways To Repair Summer Hair Damage

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Basically lived at the beach this summer, or decided to test out purple hair over break? Sun, chlorine, salt water, and fun dye jobs can leave your hair fried by the time fall rolls around. But no worries! You can repair your hair in no time and hit the halls with lush locks, with these tips from celebrity hairstylist George Papanikolas.

The Problem: Spending all your free time hanging at your friend's pool has dried out your hair, basically turning it to straw.The Fix: In addition to majorly drying out your hair, chlorine removes a lot of essential vitamins and nutrients that keep your hair looking healthy and shiny like Selena Gomez's, Papanikolas says. Use a protein-based conditioning product (like Matrix Biolage Keratindose, $21) once a week to give your hair a healthy balance of moisture and protein.

The Problem: You pulled a Demi and shaved the side of your head. It was super cool for summer, but now it's growing back and looking kind of funky.The Fix: While there's no magic pill to make your hair grow back before the first day, you can try to speed things along by using a shampoo that promotes hair growth (like OGX Biotin and Collagen shampoo and conditioner, $5.99 each). Once hair is at least two inches long, you can add clip-on hair extensions to temporarily cover the shaved section up. In the meantime, hide it with the rest of your hair by rocking a major '90s-style side part.

The Problem: You got inspired by Kesha's rainbow of ever-changing hair color and experimented with candy-colored strands for summer, but now your hair is majorly dry and damaged.The Fix: Pastel colors are super fun, but they require you to bleach your hair, which puts a lot of stress on your locks. The best option for overprocessed hair is to cut it, Papanikolas says. The good news is, you don't have to chop it all off, but you should trim a decent amount, especially from your ends, which tend to be the most damanged. Go for a cute bob, or a trendy pixie. It might be fun to switch things up in a new and healthy way while you give your hair a break from the dye.

The Problem: You scored some major beach time with your girls this summer, but all that sun and salt water have majorly dried out your hair.The Fix: You need to put the moisture you took out of your hair back in! In addition to applying a leave-in conditioning treatment (like Garnier Fructis Hydra Recharge Moisture Whip Leave-in Conditioner, $.4.97) daily, use a moisturizing hair mask (like Neutrogena Deep Recovery Hair Mask, $7.99) once a week to seriously hydrate dried-out strands and restore shine.